If his performances on the golf course this season had been as assured as his
performance in front of the world’s press yesterday, then Rory McIlroy would
have nothing to worry about.

Speaking on the eve of the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Doral, McIlroy
apologised publicly for walking off mid-round at the Honda Classic last week
and vowed that his behaviour had been a one-off and, possibly, even a
“blessing in disguise”.

In what one observer described as the “most eagerly anticipated press
conference since Tiger Woods’s mea culpa in 2010” — which was pushing it a
bit when you compare their